The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-12-08

kinds Of industry, only , 2,623, 0S9 persons
are employed in such manufacturing in
duotric> as are claimed to be benefited by
IL high tariff. To these" continues the
President IN the most lucid and strongest
style, : the appeal is made to save their
employment and maintain their wages by
resisting a change. There should be no
disposition to answer such suggestions by
the allegations that they are in a minority
of those who labor and therefore should
torego an advantage IL the interest of low
prices for the majority. Their C0mpensa
ton, as il may be affected by the opera
tlou Of tariff laws, should 1T ali times be
scrupulOusy kept IN view. And yet with
Slight reflection they Will not overlook the
tact that they are consumers with the rest,
that they too have Their own wants and
those of their own families TO supply from
their earnings and that the price II the
necesSarles of lite as well as the amount
Of their wages Will regulate the measure
of their welfare and comfort. But the re
duction OF taxation demanded should be
50 measured is not to necessjtate or Justify
either the loss OF employment 10y the
workingman or the leSSeuIug of his wages,
and the profits still remaining to the man
ufacturcr after a necessary readJustment
should furnish no excuse for the sacrifice
0f the interests OF his employees either II
their opportunity to work or IN the dunn
ution OF their compensation. Nor can the
workers III manufacturers falt to undtr-
stand that while a high tariff IS claimed
to be necessary to allow the payment Of
remUuerative wages 1t certainly results III
Il very large increase i'll the price of near
Is ali sorts Of manufactures, which in AL
most countless forms he needs for the use
OF himself and has family. lie receives
at the desk Of his employer hlS wages
and perhaps before he reaches his hone
is obliged, III purchase for family use Of
an article which eli braces his own labor,
to return, IN the payment OF the increase
in price V hich the tariff permits, Tie bard
earned compena ,tlon Of many days of
toll
The President recommends the removal
or reduction Of tile duty on WOOL il the
revision OF the tariff and gives cogent and
unanswerable reasons why this should be
done Ii next weeks CHRONICLE we will
publish in full his argument in support Of
this reduction which he recommends
The manufacturers are warned that, if
by combinations they thwart a safe, care
ful and deliberate reform OF the tariff,
which IS offered solely because the bus
mess interests Of the country demand u.
that the time may come when an abused
aud irrtated people needless OF those
who have resisted tinlt.s and reasonable
warning. may insist upon a TadIeal ana
sweeping ratification OF their wrongs
The manufacturers are also shown chat
an enlightened self-iutereSt ought 70
prompt them TO a.& III reasonable adj
luStmtut even II they are asked 70 ~Er-
render something for the pubic good II
order to avert disaster which al over
flowing treasury aud e4c.solNt taxation
invite Taey ought to cooperate 10 Sc
cure reduction, the President continues.
because of Them patriotism as well IS On
account of 4 gratItied recognition OF ad
vantages already afforded The Pre-lient
shows them their duty. but their selfish
ness viii not allow them 10 perform it.
Patriotism be damned, is their cry
We HAVE HAD protection we NoN HAVE
protection We WILL HAgE protection. or
bust the government They cIs, GIVE,
GIVE, ali the time. and appeals 70 thc.F
patriotism are a, likely 10 move them a. an
eutreaty for mercy moved the Roman
gladators. 1t IS milk they want
They are getting it. but when the COW
runs dry and an outraged people, a one
stroke take away All ail they viii break
and 90 up like a bubble. And then they
| Viii CRY Tor mercy
The President does not fail 10 appre-
ciate the difficulties attending wise ana
| far revision Of our tariff laws. lie thinks
one way Of making the needed reduction
is to put some Of the over four thousand
articles. now subject 70 duty, oil the free
list Tax the luXurleS and Iree the ueces-
saries Is his paramount idea. y radical
reduction Of duties imposed upon raw ma
terial used in manufactures, or its free
| Importation" is recommended as an i'm
portant factor in reducing the price Of the
ueceSsarieS. as well as reducing the present
taxation. such a change would not, the
| President thinks, have any injurious effect
| upon manufacturers, but on the contrary
it would help them. It would give them
better opportunity 10 sell III foreign
countries and afford theil employees q
more certain and steady labor, with ltS
resulting quiet and coutentment.
/ The President then points out that this
/ tariff reduction is higher than any part y
1 question, and also that both parties have
| S9lemnly declared against the collection
/ Of a larger revenue than IS needed. Pa
I triotism and fidelity 70 party alike require
/ an immediate reduction. lhe question oi
\ itee trade IS Irrelevant. The President
SAYS that at this crisis, the dwelling upon
the theories of Free Trade or Protection
savors Of bandying epithets, and adds
at is condition which conflonts US
/ not "a theory. The relief from this condi
tion many involve Slight reduction o1
the advantages which we award our home
productions, but the entire withdrawal O
/ such advantage should not be contem
plated.
''The question of free trade Is ABSOLUTELY
rrele want and the persistent claim made
in certain quarters that all efforts to re
lieve the people from unjust and unneces
sary taxation are schemes Of so-callet
free-traderS is mischevOus and far remOv
| ed from any consideration Tor the pubil'
good The simple and plain duty Whici
we owe the people is to reduce taxation
to the necessary expenses of an ecOnomIca
operation Of the government ana TO re
store to the business Of the country tn
money which we hold i'll the treaSur,
through the peryerslon Of governmental
movers These things can aud should b
done with safety 10 all oar industries
without danger to the opportunity 70
remuucrative labor which our Workin-s
men need and with benefit TO them am
all our people by cheapenlng their mean
of subsistence and increasing the meaSur
of their comforts.
Closing the President intimates that h
NAV write again. He explains his faliur
in not alluding, III customary compllanc
with the executive habit, to the state Q